ASL
123: Idioms & Expressions Sentence Translation
14.
BLOW-ONE'S-TOP
· I had this one friend who kept
bothering me and nagging me. I just
kept quiet, until finally, one day, I just blew my top!
· Sometimes, when I'm teaching
class, this one student keeps coming in late. Day after day, late! Class should
start at 6:30, but she/he walks in at 6:40. And I just kept my mouth shut, until
one day, I blew my top and threw her/him out!
15.
WHAT'S-UP
· On the weekends, students are
finished with class and they go off to various places to spend their break.
Then on Monday, they come back to class and ask each other, hey, what's
new? What did you do?
· I'm walking along and I'm passing
another person. I ask hey, how's it going? Oh, I'm fine, they respond.
Thank you. And we continue walking in opposite directions.
16.
FINE-wiggle
·
Remember you copied some signs?
Which were they? Story? ????
· In the past, surgery used to be
this big disgusting deal. They cut you open, rip apart your ribs and do all
their work right there in your guts! But now, technology is so advanced, they
don't even have to make incisions anymore. They
just insert lasers and tiny cameras and that's it. It's really amazing.
17.
MIND-LIMIT
· Every evening I teach a class from
6:30 to 9. Things usually go well
from 6:30 to 7:30, and then from 7:30 to 8.
But come 8:00, the students are starting to look like zombies.
I try to teach, but it's clear that their minds are exhausted. What can
you do.
· Many of you students are taking a
lot of classes. Most of your brains
are maxed out on classes like math, for example, or chemistry. It's hard.
18.
I-I-I
· A while back, I went to nice
restaurant and there was a huge line. I
saw a group of friends squeeze their way into line ahead of me. It was so
selfish!
· I have this one close friend, an
actor, and he is so into himself. We
agree to tell a 15 minute story (?). He
starts his 15 minutes, I do my 15 minutes. And when I look up, he's still going.
He tells his story for more than an hour, until it's 5:00.
19.
STINK
· Last year, the Seattle Mariner's
were doing great. They kept winning and winning. Now they're losing all the
time. They stink! I heard that ???, I hope it's true.
· You know Ford and Honda? Gas is so
expensive! The Honda gets great gas-mileage? The Ford stinks!
20.
SWALLOW PRIDE
· Sometimes, I take the ferry to an
island. I'm driving leisurely because I know I have plenty of time.
But then I get there and the ferry has already left! I have to swallow my
pride. I was late.
·
One time, I had a test the next
day, but I didn't study for it because i figured it would be easy. I relaxed and
went to bed. Then the next day, I went to class, and boy was I surprised. I
didn't know anything on the test! I got an F.
21.
TURTLE NECK
· Sometimes when I go to a
restaurant, I might yell really loud to get the waiter's attention. But perhaps
it was louder than I realized and everyone in the restaurant looks at me. Then I
feel like a turtle that wants to crawl back in its shell.
·
My friend and I were arguing back
and forth. I knew he/she was wrong and I was right. Finally, we asked someone to
come over and settle the dispute. It turns out he/she was right and I was wrong.
I felt like a turtle...
22.
POINT-BREAK-THROUGH
· You know, students really need to
practice their finger-spelling. Sometimes I'm teaching and I finger-spell
something and the student doesn't get it. So I spell it again—still doesn't
get it. So I spell it really slow, a few times, and finally, the point gets
through!
· I hate learning English. I have to
keep reading over and over, and writing over and over, and I still get it wrong.
Until finally, I had a breakthrough and now I get it.
23.
BULLDOZE/REJECT
· You know, there didn't used to be
an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) [law]. The deaf, blind and wheelchair
users were totally rejected/discriminated against. Now, can they be
discriminated against? No, it's illegal.
· So there's men, and there are
women. Sometimes women like to go shopping and men want to come along. But the
women say, no way! Other times, the men are going to a football game and the
women want to come along. But no way! It's the same thing.
24.
IN/OUT EARS/EYES
· Sometimes, I'm teaching ASL to a
class of students, and the information just goes in one eye and out the other.
They don't remember a thing!
· Sometimes, moms have to scold
children and remind them of the rules, explain what their doing wrong. But
sometimes it just goes in one eye and out the other. The kids go back to playing
and breaking the rules.
25.
YAK-AROUND
· You know, the Deaf world is small.
Something happens, and it gets around fast!
· You're married? Really? No one
told me...???
26.
ONE-UP-ON
· My friend and I, when we were
growing up, we used to argue all the time. “I'm right! you're wrong!” we
would say. And we'd tease each other. If once he/she was wrong – Ha ha! I was
up one. Then sometimes he/she was right. We would go back and forth like that,
teasing each other, and we really had a good time. We were great friends.